Bible Verses About God's timeline
Bible verses about God's timeline
Discover what the Bible says about god's timeline.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Scripture Passages
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God.
Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.